The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

lournailsm--waS spoken Of q candidate
for Secretary q State. Il disgustcd
While II Little Rock. few DAYS ago.
yeckler showed such signs Of dissafis-
faction that friend. approaching him.
snii:
Colonel. you don't appear 70 b
pleased.
Mot by laundering sight"
~'What's the matterg"
.'Crushed. crushed % the earth bv
the base ingratitude Of man whom l
Thought was my friend You know
that !. few weeks ago. was the editor
81 the West Sapling zs0ig. one Of the
naost prosperous weekly papers in Ar
Ganssw.
-'Yes. but do you not still own the
Paler?"
wait, " the Colonel impatlently de-
manded. MY friend learn this. that
while am in the process Of narration
no one must disturb me. NAV be
esrstic. but BY the flinty wrinkles ON the
horn Of Adams on OK. am Just. =
The Colonel folded his arms. bowed
his head in striking imitation Of an
actor OVERRIDING the role Of approach
ing despair. and began to walk to and
fro; while his friend. having nothingto
do but wait, waited. "A few weeks
ago" the Colonel continued. .'my pros
poets were bright indeed. but ingrati-
tude. base and fostering with corrup-
zion. dragged itself into my house. II
all came about in this way. my good
friend" said the Colonel. dicontinuing
his dramatic walk and seating himself
on rustic bench albert Packings.
the founder Of West Sapling. induced
me 70 start ewspaper in the town.
1 did 50. invested my AL. and the
1sc,g, rosy with the blood Of life and
bright-eyed in merriment. made its
appearance. My prospects i'm
proved from week to week I'M
Gil had . circulation Of three
hundred and twenty-four copies;
1 had. my dear friend-may JUS
tice. seated on The throne Of eternal
right wither All my earthly aspirations
II l did not after awhile. print three
hundred and twenty-four copies. Al |
bert Packings seemed to be delighted !
with NV success. and often would he |
come into NV Office A. night-an Office
which rented from him-aud AK INV |
advice concerning municipal matters.
He came once too often; alas! once too
often One night sat alone. engaged |
on an article entitled The Courtesies |
Which Should Exist Between Nations. |
1 enjoyed writing. oh. 20 much Won
know that used to run = feather-bed
renovator. but steaming feathers never
did occupy my entire mind. Not %
with writing. for the pen opens up the
entire domain OF thought. had lust
begun to grabble down among the fine
roots Of my subject when Packincs en-
tered. greeted him pleasantly and /
badc him take seat At NV right hand.
He did 80. Colonel said he. nearly
every town in the South i on 4 boom. |
and have been thinking that We
ought to do something - hoop,
West Sapling. Our location i fine
and few articles written n the
interest Of our CITY vii induce
people to come among - and ~
vest their monev.' The idea Wa nl.us-
ble.' the Colonel continued. ..and
s1rowine aside nv half-fnished article
.. The Courtesics which Should Ex-
Ist Between Nations. I bent myself "a
the work Of booming the town. Iwrote
one article on our mining prospects,
one on our manufacturing adv.rt.v..
and one on the liklihooi u our town
becoming Z railroad center. when the
paper came out Packings wss de-
lighted, and showed his Appreciation ~
giving me : few points TO work MP.
Well l kept hammering away until,
sir. people began 70 inquire about our
town; more than that several men
came in and began 20 buy up lots.
Then every man who had lot for sale
doubled his price. was delighted
until received another call from Pack
iogs He came Il night while was
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